DR. HARISHA P N

Fellowship & Membership

• Clinical Observership in endoscopic and minimally invasive Cranial base surgery at Center for Cranial Base Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• Clinical Observership in Endoscopic skull base surgery and ROVOT (robotically operated video telescopy) at St. Luke’s Medical center (with Dr. Amin Kassam, a pioneer in the field), Milwaukee, WI, USA.
• Course in 3D ultrasound and neuronavigation at National Centre for 3D ultrasound in Surgery, Trondheim, Norway.
• Life membership - Neurological society of India, Bangalore neurological society, Skull base surgery society of India, Indian Medical association.

Field of Expertise

• Endoscopic and minimally invasive skull base surgery
• Epilepsy surgery
• Cerebrovascular surgery
• Microsurgery for tumors of the brain and spinal cord

Languages Spoken

• English
• Kannada
• Hindi
• Telugu
• Tamil

Talks & Publications

• Impact of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphism on neural tube defects – presented under “Top Ten Abstracts in Paediatric Neurosurgery” at 2009 annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, U.S.A.
• Manipal Hospitals Yeshwanthpur: Dr. Harisha P N on Technological advances that have improved patient safety in brain surgery | The Week. Click Here

Awards & Achievements

• Silver jubilee award for the “Best outgoing student” in MCh Neurosurgery (2009) –
• awarded by National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciensces (NIMHANS), Bangalore.
• Invited for the Republic Day Parade on 26th January 2010 from the Prime Minister’s Box, by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India for excellent academic performance in MCh Neurosurgery.
• M.B.B.S. – “Best outgoing student” - awarded by J.S.S. Medical College, Mysore.
• Gold medals in Surgery, Pharmacology, Pathology during MBBS - awarded by J.S.S. Medical College, Mysore.
• Previously served as Faculty (Asst. Professor) in the department of Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, Bangalore